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attire

/əˈtaɪə/uh-TIGH-ur
/əˈtaɪɚ/uh-TIGH-ur

Meaningto adom

Common meaning: clothing, especially of a particular kind

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchatir‘to adom’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsto adom → clothing or equipmentatyr‘clothing or equipment’source
  3. Englishattire‘clothing, especially of a particular kind’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French atir ‘to adom’.

Roots

  • atir Old French “to adom”

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